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Wendy Turnbull def. Virginia Wade

5-7 6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Mar 11, 1979*
Tournament	Philadelphia
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Wendy Turnbull
Score	5-7 6-3 6-2
Loser	Virginia Wade

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Wendy Turnbull	Virginia Wade
Country	AUS	GBR
Birth date	Nov 26, 1952	Jul 10, 1945
Age	26	33
Height	164	170
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,112	2,207
Career W-L	585–330	865–314
Career earnings	$2,769,024	$1,542,278

Pre-match H2H

Wendy Turnbull 3 – 10 Virginia Wade

Path

Wendy Turnbull's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 10, 1979	SF	Rosie Casals	0-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 10, 1979	QF	Pam Shriver	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 1979	R16	Patricia Medrado	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 1979	R32	Rayni Fox	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Wendy Turnbull's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Virginia Wade's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 10, 1979	SF	Sue Barker	1-6 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 10, 1979	QF	Greer Stevens	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 1979	R16	Sherry Acker	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 1979	R32	Betty Stove	6-2 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data